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[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

So seriously, what's going to replace Discord? Everyone wants to leave, but to where?

And no, Matrix is not and will never be a viable alternative

[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Matrix is not

With LiveKit for calls / screen share, it is for my group. Though I'm not saying it doesn't have issues.

will never be

Community-developed homeservers like continuwuity have gotten a lot of new support on the last few weeks. Clients like cinny are getting pretty close to a replacement ux wise (if you look at PR2599 on Cinny's GitHub, they are working on and will soon merge support for LiveKit in a way that is very close to voice channels).

I also generally think that the only way to replace Discord as an ecosystem where you talk to many people from different communities is a federated protocol, not a bunch of new silos, one for each community.

[–] kurcatovium@piefed.social 8 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

I've seen mentioned these:

  • Stoat - pretty much same UI, based in UK, not sure where they get $$
  • Fluxer - looks virtually like 1:1 Discord clone, based in Sweden, has paid tier pretty much like Nitro on Discord on official server
  • Nerimity - a little different UI, but still very Discord-y, based in UK, sourced from donations
  • Movim - this one is interesting, but it's not really Discord style app; it looks more like cross breed between IM and social network (FB/X), origin in France
  • Strafe - looks like Discord, supposedly have e2ee
  • Spacebar - reverse engineered Discord, IDK about maturity of this one
  • Adapt - another wanna be
[–] moopet@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Why is "one-to-one clone of Discord" the goal for everyone? Why not set your sights on a making a good UX instead?

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 59 minutes ago

ngl, discord kinda had the best UX before the enshittification began

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

So you're saying there are options.

Doesn't Stoat charge far out the ass?